The Best Gear From April | Wex Photo Video

As April ends, we look at the newest and best gear to be released this month.

We’ve seen a range of new gear from DJI drones and action cameras to new offerings from Panasonic and Sennheiser. That said, it’s been a relatively light month for new products; while some gear nerds may be disappointed by this, our experience suggests that something else - something bigger - could be just around the corner. We’ll be keeping our eyes and ears peeled.

Until then, here’s the newest and best gear to be released this month.

DJI Lito X1

The DJI Lito X1 is a lightweight premium camera drone for everyday aerial shooting, with up to 4K/60 fps video, 100 fps slow motion, and 2.7K vertical recording, plus 8K 48 MP stills, all in a compact, folding body. Omnidirectional obstacle sensing with forward-facing LiDAR and ActiveTrack makes it easier to fly with confidence while keeping moving subjects in frame, and the 36-minute flight time gives enough time to refine angles, repeat passes, and return with a finished set of clips from a single launch.

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DJI Lito 1

The DJI Lito 1 is a lightweight camera drone for everyday aerial shooting, with up to 4K video, including 4K/100 fps slow motion and 2.7K vertical recording, plus 8K 48 MP stills, all in a compact, folding body. Omnidirectional obstacle sensing with forward-facing LiDAR and ActiveTrack makes it easier to fly with confidence while keeping moving subjects in frame. The 36-minute flight time gives enough time to refine angles, repeat passes, and return with a finished set of clips from a single launch.

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DJI Lito X1

Sensor: 1/1.3-inch CMOS with 48MP effective pixels

Aperture: f1.7 for low-light shooting

Obstacle sensing: Omnidirectional system with forward-facing LiDAR

Video: 4K UHD at up to 100fps with 10-bit D-Log M

Storage & flight: 42GB internal storage; up to 36-minute flight time

DJI Lito 1

Sensor: 1/2-inch CMOS with 48MP effective pixels

Aperture: f1.8 for crisp daytime and evening captures

Obstacle sensing: Omnidirectional vision system

Video: 4K UHD at 60p and 8K-resolution photos

Transmission: O4 system with up to 15km range

DJI dropped these two super-affordable drones with the goal of keeping aerial photography and filmmaking simple, portable, and accessible.

Both the Lito 1 and Lito X1 come in at under 250g with a folding design, and offer up to 4K/60p video, 4K/100fps slow motion, 2.7K vertical recording and 8K 48MP stills. Both drones offer omnidirectional obstacle sensing, forward-facing LiDAR, and ActiveTrack, making it easier to fly confidently while keeping subjects in frame

The LX1’s 1/1.3-inch sensor with an f1.7 aperture helps with low-light detail, and features 10-bit D-Log M recording and 42GB of internal storage for more advanced pilots. But despite the L1 not having these few advanced features, it’s still hugely capable.

The main difference comes down to flexibility. The Lito 1 is the more approachable option, aimed at easy, dependable 4K shooting and strong all-round performance. In short, the Lito 1 keeps things simple, while the X1 is there if you want more room to grade, refine and push your footage further.

Panasonic Lumix S 40mm f2 Lens

With a 40mm focal length, bright f2 aperture and a compact 40.9mm barrel, the Panasonic LUMIX S 40mm f2 is a lightweight L-Mount prime with a natural angle of view in a highly portable form. Its optical layout supports soft background separation, while the bright aperture helps maintain faster shutter speeds in low light. Focus breathing suppression and micro-step aperture control also support smoother focus and exposure transitions during video recording.

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Panasonic Lumix S9 Digital Camera Body with 18-40mm f4.5-6.3 Lens - Titanium

The Panasonic Lumix S9 is the most compact and lightweight full-frame camera in the Lumix S series, offering a 24MP CMOS sensor, Phase Detection AF, image stabilisation, and 4K 60p video. It features a real-time LUT button and smartphone-optimised 6K Open Gate video for seamless content creation. This bundle includes the Panasonic Lumix S 18-40mm f4.5-6.3 lens.

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40mm f2 Lens

Aperture: Bright f2 maximum aperture

Build: Lightweight and portable at approximately 144g

Video optimisation: Focus breathing suppression and micro-step aperture control

Handling: Customisable focus ring and dedicated AF/MF switch with focus button

Durability: Dust, splash, and freeze-resistant design (down to -10°C)

Lumix S9

Sensor: 24.2MP full-frame CMOS

Autofocus: Phase Hybrid AF with human, animal, and vehicle detection

Video: 6K 30p Open Gate and C4K/4K 60p recording

Stabilisation: 5-axis in-body image stabilisation (5-stop B.I.S. or 6.5-stop Dual I.S. 2)

Creative features: Dedicated Real-Time LUT button for instant in-camera grading

Panasonic launched the Lumix S 40mm f2 lens, accompanied by a new Titanium colourway for the Lumix S9 - And it looked pretty smart.

The lens is a compact, lightweight prime designed for everyday shooting, and its 40mm focal length and smooth f2 bokeh make it an ideal choice for street photography, portraits, and landscapes. Pair it with the new Titanium-coloured S9, and you have a camera setup that is as sophisticated as it is premium.

DJI Osmo Pocket 4

The Osmo Pocket 4 brings more advanced imaging control to DJI’s pocket series, combining the 1-inch CMOS sensor and 3-axis gimbal with 4K/240fps slow motion, up to 14 stops of dynamic range, and 10-bit D-Log. With higher frame rates, improved tonal retention, and more flexible grading, the Osmo Pocket 4 gives content creators more creative control while maintaining the pocket-series charm of convenient, user-friendly features like ActiveTrack 7.0, intelligent autofocus, 107GB of built-in storage, and faster transfer speeds.

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Sensor: 1-inch CMOS with an improved 14-stop dynamic range

Lens: 20mm equivalent f2.0 lens

Video: 4K UHD at up to 240fps for high-quality slow motion

Tracking & AF: ActiveTrack 7.0 with intelligent subject-priority autofocus

Storage & speed: 107GB internal storage; USB 3.1 transfer speeds up to 800MB/s

The DJI Osmo Pocket 4 feels like DJI is properly leaning into what this camera system can do, rather than just iterating for the sake of it. You still get the same ultra-compact, pocket-friendly form factor, but it's not equipped with a 1-inch CMOS sensor, a 3-axis gimbal, and can shoot 4K/240fps slow motion, up to 14 stops of dynamic range, and 10-bit D-Log.

In reality, this is madness. No, it’s just massively impressive, and it means you have much more room to push your footage in post without it falling apart, plus cleaner results in tricky light. And it still has the ActiveTrack 7.0, smart autofocus and 107GB of built-in storage from the previous model.

What’s more is the 2-inch rotatable OLED screen, which allows you to quickly and naturally switch between horizontal and vertical shooting. Add in faster USB 3.1 transfers, Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4, and this genuinely could be the best vlogging camera on the market right now.

Lensbaby Twist 28 Pancake Lens for Canon RF

With the same vintage aesthetic as the original Twist 60, Lenbaby’s Twist 28 brings their signature Petzval-style swirl to a much wider field of view. Designed for modern mirrorless cameras, the compact Twist 28 combines character and depth with a fixed f3.5 circular aperture and a 20cm focus distance. This combination lends itself to more expressive, cinematic shots of street scenes, sweeping landscapes or creative close-ups with a sharp centre and uniquely contoured, swirling edges.

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Optics: 4 elements in 3 groups with multi-coating

Aperture: Fixed f3.5 circular aperture

Focusing: Manual barrel focus with a close 0.2m minimum distance

Design: Compact and lightweight pancake form factor for mirrorless systems

Visual effect: Intense field curvature and edge stretch for a signature swirl

Available for Canon RF, Nikon Z, Sony E, Fujifilm X and Micro Four Thirds

Lensbaby’s Twist 28 brings their signature swirly, Petzval-style bokeh to a much wider focal length, giving modern mirrorless shooters a compact, creative lens with plenty of character. It’s designed as a lightweight pancake optic, pairing a fixed f3.5 circular aperture with a 20cm minimum focus distance. All that makes it well-suited to street photography, landscapes, or even close-up work where you want a sharp centre and swirly edges.

Sennheiser HD 480 PRO Professional Headphones

The Sennheiser HD 480 PRO is a professional closed-back studio headphone for recording, tracking, and monitoring, with honest full-spectrum audio reproduction. Its passive sound shielding and Vibration Attenuation System keep reflected sound and distortion under control so that you can work with more confidence. The lightweight, precision-fit design also remains comfortable during long sessions, helping to keep your attention on balance and detail rather than on the headphones themselves.

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Design: Closed-back studio headphones

Audio integrity: Uncoloured frequency response with Neodymium magnets

Distortion control: Vibration Attenuation System

Comfort & fit: Precision-fit design with grooved earpads for glasses and Braille-guided earcups

Cable management: Patented coil structure to reduce cable-borne noise with dual-sided jack options

The Sennheiser HD 480 PRO is a closed-back studio headphone designed for accurate recording, tracking and mixing. It delivers a genuinely honest, full-spectrum sound, with an uncoloured frequency response that helps you make confident, reliable decisions when balancing audio.

They’ve included passive sound shielding and their Vibration Attenuation System that work together to reduce unwanted reflections and distortion, so what you hear stays clean and controlled even during long sessions. And finally, their lightweight, precision-fit design also keeps them comfortable over extended use, helping you stay focused on the mix rather than the headphones.